The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry published by Condé Nast Publications. Starting as a weekly in the mid-1920s, the magazine is now published 47 times per year, with five of these issues covering two-week spans. Although its reviews and events listings often focus on cultural life of New York City, The New Yorker has a wide audience outside of New York.
Bill the Galactic Hero is the Science Fiction novel by Harry Harrison. You don't have to be a science fiction fan to like this book. Harry Harrison is one of the established greats of Science Fiction. The simple plot of the book follows a farm laborer named Bill as he is tricked into joining the army in a future inter-galactic war.
As an Editorial Review put it: "Simply the funniest Science Fiction book ever written."
Field & Stream is the go-to guide for the true outdoorsman. As one of America's leading sports magazines, Field & Stream provides readers with riveting articles and both fiction and non-fiction stories on hunting, fishing and other outdoor activities. Stay on top of the latest in the realm of outdoor sports with the magazine's interesting features and conservation news.
Anyone with an interest in the contemporary novel, not just British fiction, will appreciate this outstanding survey and analysis ... ranging from Angus Wilson to Zadie Smith, Head provides abundant evidence for his conclusion that 'the novel ... becomes an important focus for the society's alternative, redemptive, and connective thought.' This book should become a standard reference work for its subject.
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Earth and MarsR.K. Murthi’s Earth and Mars is a delightful fusion of fact and fiction. Based on the American space probes that had two Rover space craft landing on Mars, this science fiction novel deals with the theme of the so-called twin planets of Earth and Mars and the relationship between them.
Real life incidents, characters, including George Bush and Kofi Annan and several scientists have been incorporated into the story that has witty dialogues, not forgetting the “oh-so dreadful-puns”.
